Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

So, she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs.

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

You have to be an artist and a madman...

GIVE THANKS - GET HAPPY

...when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see.

For the happiest life days should be rigorously planned nights left open to chance.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

I can still enjoy the foods I like I just eat much smaller portions now. And of course Ive had to give up that southern style way of cooking.

If kids clearly see the promise, they will gladly pay the price.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.

I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal.